Is It OK for Christians to Have Tattoos?

We’ve all seen the stern prohibitions in the Old Testament. But what are the thoughts of a tattoo artist and finalist on TV’s American Bible Challenge hosted by Jeff Foxworthy?

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“My father was a pastor for 30 some years,” says Hill. “At 53 years old, he got his first tattoo because he studied everything you can study, Greek and Hebrew and Leviticus, and they were told not to mark their body for the dead. Everybody was running around thinking that they would tattoo themselves for dead family members. But the Levites, the priests in the Tabernacle and the Temple were told to keep from looking like the other people. They couldn’t cut their hair, trim their beard or shave. Anybody who talks to me about tattoos, I ask them if they’ve ever gotten a haircut. Have they ever trimmed their beard?"